jdk wrote: > After much digging around the web looking for the perfect music browser, > I registered Muso. I don't think there is anything else out there that > comes close to what you have achieved so far with this program. So > congratulations. > > Having said that...as I said in a previous post, there are frustrations. > While I cannot find a serious flaw in Muso when browsing pop music, it's > not very useful when browsing large classical collections. > > For example: I have well over 100 albums of music by JS Bach. As I > browse through them in Muso, I can't work out a useful way to order them > so that I can find things quickly. There isn't any way to break the > albums down into further sub-sections by using tags. > > When you have a large classical collection of CDs, you would sub-divide > popular composers into sections > (instrumental/chamber/orchestral/vocal/etc) -- at least that's what I > do. Only then do I sort alphabetically. I think many people with large > classical collections would take the same approach. And I have done the > same with my digital files -- I use tags to create the sections, and I > mirror that by having a similar structure for system folders. If I need > to find music quickly on my Squeezebox or MP3 player, I browse by music > folder. > > That's why I did suggest in a previous post two ways you could address > this issue (either allowing the user to browse by system folders, or > using multiple tags, including user-created (custom) tags. > > I realise that neither is a trivial request, but I sincerely hope you > consider one of these options, because at the moment you have the > perfect browser for pop music, but in my opinion it's still not usable > for large classical collections. > > Keep up the good work.
That's useful input - I'm a classical enthusiast myself, with over half of my collection being classical. I am keen to address the requirements for other classical enthusiasts, since I realise this (niche) market isn't really satisfied by the majority of the music organisers and players out there (or possibly any). Where do you store the sub-genre (instrumental/chamber/orchestral/vocal/etc) in the tags? Do you use genre for this or something else as sub-genre? I may have to be clever to allow drill-down by any attribute, but this would be a useful starting point. Then we can consider how best to drill-down on the information you require - do you normally target a composer first or want to browse by sub-genre then composer? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91575 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
